A simplified optimization process (SOP) for determining set points is proposed and evaluated using the monitoring data and model of an existing VAV system. Controller set points, such as supply air temperature, supply duct static pressure, and chilled water supply temperature, are determined by this proposed SOP in order to minimize energy use while respecting thermal comfort. Zone air temperat...

This is a descriptive and quantitative study, carried out in three hospitals in the Northwest of São Paulo, Brazil. It aimed to verify the existence and use of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) by nursing teams. SOPs describe each critical and sequential step of a task to ensure its expected result. A total of 261 nursing professionals participated in the study, randomly selected from differe...

A new approach for topographic mapping, called Swarm-Organized Projection (SOP) is presented. SOP has been inspired by swarm intelligence methods for clustering and is similar to Curvilinear Component Analysis (CCA) and SOM. In contrast to the latter the choice of critical parameters is substituted by selforganization. On several crucial benchmark data sets it is demonstrated that SOP outperfor...

The sleep onset process (SOP) is a dynamic process correlated with a multitude of behavioral and physiological markers. A principled analysis of the SOP can serve as a foundation for answering questions of fundamental importance in basic neuroscience and sleep medicine. Unfortunately, current methods for analyzing the SOP fail to account for the overwhelming evidence that the wake/sleep transit...

Su(H)/CBF1 is a key component of the evolutionary conserved Notch signalling pathway. It is a transcription factor that acts as a repressor in the absence of the Notch signal. If Notch signalling is activated, it associates with the released intracellular domain of the Notch receptor and acts as an activator of transcription. During the development of the mechanosensory bristles of Drosophila, ...

We study the performance of a typical fiber-optic communication link operating at 10 Gbps, comprising of multiple spans of standard single mode fiber (SSMF), in-line amplifiers and dispersion compensating fibers (DCF). The effects of attenuation, chromatic dispersion, nonlinearity and polarization mode dispersion (PMD) are taken into account. By numerically solving the non-linear Schrodinger eq...